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Translation

apparatus, device

Word origin

From Latin apparatus, 'equipment, preparation', the past participle of apparare (ad- plus parare, 'to make ready'). English apparatus, apparel and prepare all come from that parare.

Origin
Latin
Root
apparatus
English cognates
apparatus, apparel, prepare

Examples

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The doctor used a new device.

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That device does not work without electricity.

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We need a smaller device.

Three words sit close together here. is a tool you hold, has moving parts and does work, and is the assembled device built for one job - a telephone, a camera, a hearing aid. Esperanto also builds device names freely with the - suffix, so o and need no borrowing; is for the ones that would sound odd with it.

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This word is part of lesson 32.